275 research outputs found
Correspondence to Mary Ann Smith From John Wesley Dobbs, March 10, 1960
No full textA letter from John Wesley Dobbs to Mary Ann Smith, Secretary of the Student Government Association at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. Dobbs expresses satisfaction with the planning and cooperation of the representatives of six institutions of higher learning and believes that their expressions represent the views of one million Negroes living in Georgia. The letter also mentions an enclosed copy of a letter written to Dr. Rufus E. Clement, President of the University Center League. 1 page
Correspondence to Rufus E. Clement From John Wesley Dobbs, March 9, 1960
No full textA letter of commendation from the President of the Georgia Voters League, John Wesley Dobbs, to Dr. Clement, President of Atlanta University, and associates of Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, for their "Appeal for Human Rights" published in local papers. The letter praises the statement as a strong and noble representation of intelligent thinking, wise planning, and noble endeavor to reach the minds and hearts of people in the community and state. The letter expresses pride in their leadership and cooperation and wishes them success in their efforts for liberty and freedom for all American citizens, regardless of race, color, or creed. 1 page
The Dobbs Sisters, circa 1965
No full textAll six of Irene Thompson and John Wesley Dobbs' daughters graduated from Spelman College. They are pictured here singing around a piano
The life and work of John Wesley Dobbs: african american humanist, orator and activist, 1996
No full textDuring the decades following the turn of this century considerable efforts were made by many to win true citizenship and a better future for Blacks in the United States. John Wesley Dobbs was an African American orator, civil rights activist, Masonic leader, scholar and humanist of this period who is counted among those forgers of that future. This research takes as its challenge the task of describing the source, motive, direction and accomplishment of the work of John Wesley Dobbs of Atlanta, Georgia. In examining his exposures and the socio-economic and political context of his life, the aim is to discover the influences to Dobbs's life's work. As they reflect themselves in his writings which were background and base for his highly regarded oratorical and leadership talents, a useful pattern may be preserved. To that end the approach is historical in Part I, restructuring his life in summary showing the development of his sensitivities into the self - assured New Negro. The attendant progression of his oratory and organizational skills is traced from beginnings in family, schooling and earliest work experiences into the Georgia Masonic Order he served twenty-nine years as Grand Master. The dissertation focuses mainly on this time frame of Dobbs's adult life from 1932 to 1961. The background discussion includes brief consideration of the African American Masonic Tradition. Dobbs's rebuilding of the fraternity in Georgia joins naturally with his major voters training and re�registration efforts then broadens into community activism and later voting bloc alliances with other groups. These coalitions then move through Dobbs's effective use of oratory and organized power, to open the economic doors of first class citizenship and to the support of nation-wide NAACP programs that changed the course of race relations in these United States. Part II consists of an annotated collection of Dobbs's actual writings. The 30 orations, articles and educational pieces reveal his articulation and delivery of the concepts that created his moves to action. Selected letters have been included to reveal interesting aspects of Dobbs's personality. His work is greatly elucidated by a comprehensive documentation of international travels, voter activity and current events in local black newspaper articles. National publications and other material contained in the Amistad Archives, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana where the Dobbs Papers are housed; the Schomburg Collection, New York and others provided excellent inspiration for the personal interviews with numerous associates of Dobbs's and members of his family. Dobbs's message has lasting relevance to American society's constant quest for brotherhood in the context of cultural diversity. His thought and action have had a quiet but lasting influence on generations of Americans
Wesley and Pearl Hucaby Interview (Wayne County)
No full textAn interview with Wesley and Pearl Hucaby of the Conley Addition of Monticello, Kentucky by Robert M. Rennick on the origin and history of place names and communities in Wayne County, Kentucky
1963-1964 Wesley Foundation Members
No full textThese Jacksonville State College (now Jacksonville State University) students were Wesley Foundation members in 1963-1964. First row is Diana Chu, Steve Spencer, Agnes Morris, Callie Vee Edgars, Carl Wagle, Ellen Cobia. Second row is Brenda Blackburn, Sharon Lindsey, Marilyn Hufham, Loyd Newman, Joan Addridge. Third row is Mary Jane Baker, Ralph Dobbs, Jim Hill, Harold Biggs, Mary Anne McCurdy.https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib-ac-histimg/29389/thumbnail.jp
Street Scene, circa 1938
No full textThe Morehouse College campus, 1938. John Wesley Dobbs attended but did not graduate from Atlanta Baptist College, now known as Morehouse College, due to family responsibilities. According to his grandson in a speech delivered at Spelman College, Dobbs did not graduate "so he could always claim that he made it without having to graduate from college and that he was a self-made man.
Decostruire Dobbs: le “questioni aperte” tra politiche giudiziarie ed epistemiche
No full textDecostruire Dobbs: le “questioni aperte” tra politiche giudiziarie ed epistemiche
Il saggio analizza Dobbs e il relativo dibattito italiano per discuterne la tendenza a depoliticizzare le questioni aperte. L’Autore critica anzitutto l’idea che l’opinione di maggioranza sia più ideologica di quella di Roberts e di minoranza. Un’analisi condotta con le categorie statunitensi del costituzionalismo conservatore e progressista mostra difatti come esse siano tutte espressive di un’inclinazione politica di fondo dei giudici verso l’autorità sociale. Su un secondo piano, metodologico, l’Autore avanza quindi la tesi che la natura politica di tali presupposti ultimi rappresenti un problema non solo per la legittimazione delle Corti (come già riconosciuto nel dibattito sulle politiche giudiziarie), ma anche per la scienza costituzionale, la cui legittimazione scientifica a esprimersi su questioni aperte è invero ridotta dall’assenza nel contesto italiano di pratiche di critica delle politiche epistemiche che influenzano i processi di produzione del sapere costituzionalistico.Deconstructing Dobbs: Hard Cases between Judicial and Epistemic Politics
The essay analyzes Dobbs and the Italian debate it generated to discuss a scholarly disposition to depoliticize hard cases. The Author first challenges the idea that the majority opinion is more ideological than the concurring and the dissent. By resorting to the categories of conservative and progressive constitutionalism, the analysis indeed shows how they all equally express judges’ underlying political inclination towards social authority. On a second, methodological level, the Author thus proposes the thesis that the political nature of these underlying assumptions questions not only the legitimacy of the Courts (as widely discussed in the debate on judicial politics), but also raises concerns for constitutional science, whose scientific legitimacy in tackling hard cases is in fact significantly compromised in the Italian context due to the lack of a critical analysis of the epistemic politics influencing the process of production of constitutional knowledge
Life After Dobbs: An Investigation into Abortion Bans in America
No full textWhat are the impacts of overturning Roe v. Wade? What happens when abortion is no longer a constitutionally protected right? And how does that impact pregnant people and the medical professionals that care for them? This paper explores the far reaching medical and social consequences of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, by examining state laws on reproductive care, maternal healthcare deserts, maternal death rates, updated hospital guidelines, and population shifts. The author expects to find that the consequences of Dobbs are much more serious and insidious than anyone realized, with the social consequences being particularly problematic because they are less apparent and harder to notice at an individual level.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1148/thumbnail.jp
TOWARD MORE EFFECTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS
No full textMultidisciplinary research and extension involving agricultural economics and sister agricultural disciplines entail several tensions arising out of differences in perspective and methodology. Recognition of these differences is essential to the achievement of effective and productive working relationships in farming systems and other multidisciplinary research and extension endeavors. Problems and means of addressing differences are covered in this article.Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,
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